Old South Burying Ground, Andover, MA
Here Lies the Body of
Rose Coburn
Who Died March 19, 1859
At Age 92 Years
She was Born a Slave in Andover
And was the Last Survivor of All
Born Here in That Condition
Local History, Closer to Home
Old South Burying Ground, Andover, MA
Here Lies the Body of
Rose Coburn
Who Died March 19, 1859
At Age 92 Years
She was Born a Slave in Andover
And was the Last Survivor of All
Born Here in That Condition
Rose’s husband was Titus Colburn b 1742 hudson new hampshire
Rose’s husband Titus Coburn (1740 or 1756–1821) was more likely born in Dracut, Mass. where there were many Coburns. He was in Wilmington, Mass. , before moving to Andover. Barzillai Lew (Jr., son of the Rev War soldier) was from Dracut, then moved to Andover, and Lew Jr. was a lifelong friend of the Andover Coburns.
There was another Titus Coburn who has frequently been confused with Rose’s husband. That other Titus Coburn was a Minuteman on 19 April 1775, who fought at Bunker Hill and who died at Valley Forge in 1778. The man born in Hudson, NH may have been the Titus Coburn, from Shirley, Harvard, and Littleton, Mass., and at one point living in “Cambdon” (Campton?), N.H. according to the 12 November 1771 Harvard marriage intention record with Pegg Whittemore (published VR says Timothy from “Camden” (no such NH place), “Titus” in the intention; the re-copied marriage record spelled the NH town “Cambdon” https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-WX3Y?cc=2061550&cat=300858 ).